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Table 5.2: Rural Casual Wage Rate by District in Maharashtra (Rs.), 2004-05District Wage Rank District Wage Rank District Wage RankAhmadnagar 43.31 8 Hingoli 35.15 24 Pune 45.42 5Akola 31.79 32 Jalgaon 37.30 17 Raigarh 56.39 1Amravati 32.49 29 Jalna 35.65 22 Ratnagiri 47.86 4Aurangabad 37.29 18 Kolhapur 42.84 9 Sangli 43.66 7Bhandara 32.55 28 Latur 37.29 19 Satara 48.58 3Bid 37.43 16 Nagpur 43.99 6 Sindhudurg 38.77 13Buldana 31.64 33 Nanded 38.88 12 Solapur 41.86 10Chandrapur 38.13 14 Nandurbar 35.64 23 Thane 53.76 2Dhule 35.14 25 Nashik 33.12 27 Wardha 37.86 15Gadchiroli 36.47 21 Osmanabad 41.29 11 Washim 33.57 26Gondiya 36.66 20 Parbhani 32.44 30 Yavatmal 32.44 31Source: As stated in Table 3.4, Variable b5.5.2. Monthly Per Capita ExpenditureLow income levels directly affect consumption patterns. The per capita consumption expenditure isa good indicator of food security in rural are as. Per capita consumption expend iture on food(Rs. 293.29) in Maharashtra is lower than the national average (Rs. 307) (Table 5.3).Table 5.3: Monthly Per Capita Expenditure on Food, 2004-05India/States Value (Rs.) Rank States Value (Rs.) RankIndia 307.60 - Andhra Pradesh 323.15 9Assam 358.44 4 Bihar 270.26 13Chhattisgarh 239.08 16 Gujarat 345.46 6Haryana 419.34 2 Jharkhand 263.22 14Karnataka 283.04 12 Kerala 455.64 1Madhya Pradesh 232.17 17 Maharashtra 293.29 11Orissa 245.58 15 Punjab 416.45 3Rajasthan 323.97 8 Tamil Nadu 315.49 10Uttar Pradesh 345.88 5 West Bengal 329.93 7Source: As stated in Table 3.4, Variable b4.Other than South and Central Maharashtra, the rest of the state, i.e. all of Vidarbha, most of Marathwadaand the North, are in the low to extremely low categories of rural consumption expenditures. Thesouthern dis tricts like Pune, Satara, Sindhudurg, and Kolhapur have high monthly per capitaexpenditure (see Map 5.2). There is not necessarily a correspondence between agricultural outputACCESS TO FOOD47